Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 San Francisco 49ers 20
Sunday 17 September 1989 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
6:36-1Q
Igwebuike FG23
SF
12:37-2Q
Cofer FG47
SF
0:09-2Q
Cofer FG32
TB
9:12-3Q
Igwebuike FG44
TB
5:00-3Q
Igwebuike FG37
SF
8:31-4Q
Rice 2 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
TB
3:25-4Q
Carrier 18 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
SF
0:40-4Q
Montana 4 run (Cofer kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Click here for Michelle Kaufman's game report
Click here for John Romano's view on the game
Click here for how the defense felt about the late drive
When Channel 4 went off the air this night, Mick Luckhurst gave the result as 16-13 Bucs and I went to bed a
very happy Buc fan. Next morning I read about Joe Montana's 70-yard drive in 10 plays that emulated his
similar heroics in the Super Bowl against Cincinnati. The Buc defense had two interceptions, four sacks and
a fumble recovery, but not enough to stop the Pro Bowl- bound Niner QB on his final four-yard scoring run.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Howard 12-41, Testaverde 5-28, Tate 7-16, Stamps 2-6.
49ERS: Craig 16-36, Montana 9-21, Rice 1-11, Rathman 2-1,
Sydney 1-0, Flagler 1-(-6).
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 35-14-146-2-1.
49ERS: Montana 39-25-266-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 5-86, Hall 4-44, Hill 1-7, Tate 1-6, Howard 1-4,
Smith 1-3, Stamps 1-(-4).
49ERS: Rice 8-122, Rathman 7-43, Craig 3-30, Jones 3-26, Taylor
2-27, Wilson 1-15, Sydney 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Reynolds 2-7.
49ERS: Lott 2-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 3-42.
49ERS: Flagler 2-47.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 6-42.
49ERS: Taylor 5-55.
SACKS
BUCS: Murphy 2-10, Moss 1-7, Jarvis 1-5.
49ERS: Brooks 1-14, Haley 1-6.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
62 Simmonds
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
94 Goff
RG
69 Bruhin
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
54 Randle
WR
84 Hill
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
43 Howard
RCB
22 Jones
RB
34 Tate
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 32 Wilder, 36
Futrell, 40 Elder, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 53 Coleman, 55
Rolling, 56 Anno, 70 Swayne, 73 McHale, 78 Cannon, 83
Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee, 98 Seals
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson, 65 Graham
INACTIVE
38 Lawson, 75 Bax
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Ricky Reynolds intercepted a rare errant pass from Joe Montana
Mark Carrier’s touchdown gave the Bucs a late fourth quarter lead
Only for Montana to break Tampa Bay hearts with his naked bootleg score inside the final minute